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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Trying to Prevent Transgender Children from Lower-Income Families from Receiving Health Care

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By Lambda Legal

October 23, 2017

Pennsylvania lawmakers this week are considering a discriminatory and harmful amendment to the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) reauthorization legislation that would deny lower-income Pennsylvania transgender youth access to any transition-related health care services, including counseling.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Pennsylvania
Jeff Sessions Just Had to Answer to a Bunch of Senators over His Anti-LGBT Crusade

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By Sharon McGowan

October 18, 2017

Sessions has aligned DOJ with opponents of civil rights, including anti-LGBT forces working to turn back clock on LGBT rights.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Jeff Sessions
Lambda Legal and 35 LGBT Groups Demand President Trump Withdraw Jeff Mateer's Nomination to Federal Bench

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By Lambda Legal

October 16, 2017

Mr. Mateer’s record came to light in late September when CNN reported that he had referred to transgender children as part of "Satan's plan."

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
60+ LGBTQ Organizations Oppose Eric Dreiband to Run DOJ’s Civil Rights Division

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By Lambda Legal

October 4, 2017

Lambda Legal and more than 60 groups from across the country urged the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Eric S. Dreiband.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
The 6 Supreme Court Cases LGBTQ People Need to Watch This Term

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By

October 2, 2017

Well, it’s here! Today is the first Monday in October, which means it’s the day the Supreme Court begins its new term.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Immigration, Marriage, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Same-sex relationships, SCOTUS
State of Washington Joins Lawsuit in Support of Transgender Military Service Members

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By Lambda Legal

September 25, 2017

The state of Washington filed a motion to intervene in support of the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump's transgender military ban.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington
Betsy DeVos Has Radically Reduced Protections for Survivors of Campus Sexual Violence

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By Sasha Buchert

September 23, 2017

The Trump administration this week unleashed yet another attack on a vulnerable population.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Youth and Schools
Do No Harm Act Re-Introduced in Congress

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

July 13, 2017

The Do No Harm Act would clarify that federal law does not permit the use of religion to discriminate.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
Legal Advocates Urge Full Fifth Circuit to Rehear Case Challenging Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law

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By Lambda Legal

July 6, 2017

Mississippi’s HB 1523 is an extreme discrimination law dressed up in religious clothes.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Mississippi
Supreme Court OK’s Church Access to Public Playground Money; Lambda Legal Urges Vigilance

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By Camilla Taylor

June 26, 2017

The Court concluded that the state of Missouri must allow churches to apply for a playground resurfacing grant on the same terms as other entities.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions

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